Defined Academy
MICRO-CREDENTIALS
Our micro-credentials offer short, focused competency-based professional learning experiences that recognize educators for applying their skills in planning and/or implementing strategies to support student learning. They validate teachers' expertise and professional growth in creating aspects of a learning environment supporting students in their practice, knowledge building, and success through authentic applications. Upon successful completion, educators earn a badge for each micro-credential. Here is an outline of the micro-credentials we are currently offering:
Getting Started with Defined

- Defined Tasks: Planning & Implementation
- Defined Careers: Planning to Support Career Readiness
Future-Ready Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Creativity & Innovation
- Student Agency
- Civic Citizenship
In development:
- Empathy
- Adaptability
- Leadership
- Fortitude
- Reflective Thinking
Content Connections
- Secondary Math
- Elementary Math
In development:
- Elementary ELA
- Secondary ELA
- Elementary Computer Science
- Secondary Computer Science
- Elementary Science
- Secondary Science
HQBPL Evaluating Your Teaching Practice
- Using GRASP to Frame a Task
- Infusing Future-Ready Skills
- Aligning to Standards
- Designing Authentic Tasks
- Creating an Environment of Sustained Inquiry
- Creating a Culture of Reflection
- Effective Facilitation & Coaching
- Providing Scaffolding
- Critique & Revision
- Public Product
The Learning Never Ends
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